What the Hiring Manager Says
This is an exciting opportunity for a flexible and passionate agile practitioner to join our team.
In IT Applications Team, we are committed to developing an agile and effective delivery capability to support our business.
We are growing our capability to deliver software solutions for Quilter using cloud technologies for new and transitioning applications.
To help us on the next stage of the journey, we want an intellectually curious and skilled Scrum Master to lead the team towards excellence in agile practice and efficient delivery, helping us to drive forward the next stage of Quilter's journey.
Clive Skipper
Head of IT Applications
About the Role
Level: 4
Department: GTS – IT Applications
Location: Remote or Hybrid (Southampton)
Contract type: Permanent
Our Scrum Masters work with delivery teams to drive process excellence through Agile delivery. You will look to optimise the productivity of teams and collaborate with the Product Owners to bring new functionality and technical improvements to realisation.
You will apply good practices in Agile and identify ways of working to drive the efficiency of teams and to deliver against business objectives.
Facilitate daily scrums and coordinate all agile events including sprint planning, daily stand-ups and manage dependencies including 3rd party liaison.
You will hold sprint retrospective meetings, using outputs to improve the delivery of subsequent sprints and drive continuous improvement. Working closely with our Product Owners and delivery teams to ensure the product backlog is clearly defined ready for the next sprint.
Engage with partners across Quilter to manage blockers and optimise performance. This will remove impediments and align all parties to ensure delivery of the right solution.
Coordinate reporting to articulate delivery progress, risks, issues, team performance and key decisions.
Assessing the Agile maturity of teams, instilling a culture of continuous improvement and practical problem solving. You will also be expected to keep up to date with Agile good practices to ensure efficient processes across Quilter.
You will develop strong and trusted relationships with our Product Owners, other business stakeholders and suppliers.
About You
Applications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive. If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.
The successful candidate will be a proven Scrum Master within a Scrum/Agile software delivery environment with proficient knowledge of the Scrum methodology with at least one of the following qualifications, CSM, A-CSM, PSM or APMG.
You should have a strong technology background, ideally with experience and understanding of the challenges and practices in scaling across delivery teams.
You will be able to demonstrate that you can enable multi-disciplinary teams and third-party suppliers to ensure effective delivery. Drive innovation and challenge the status quo!
There will be the expectation to present to the business so you will need to have strong professional presentation skills.
Ideally, you will have experience in implementing DevOps good practices and have a background in Financial Services however this is desirable but not essential to role.
Our purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures.
In this ever-changing world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times.
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there.
We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter. We hope you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about joining us.
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Core Benefits
Holiday: 26 days
Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in our incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and their contribution to it
Pension Scheme: 10% non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions
Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard, cover can be increased at your own cost
Life Assurance: 4x your salary, cover can be increased at your own cost
Income Protection: 75% of salary payable after 26 weeks of absence
In addition to our core benefits we offer a range of flexible benefits that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.